Walk through Amos, verse by verse, with the great Bible Commentaries of Matthew Henry (1662 - 1714) & Adam Clarke (1760 - 1832)
5:24
But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.
KJV
{And doom shall be showed as water, and rightwiseness as a strong stream.} Wycliffe's Bible
Let judgment run down as waters, among you, and righteousness as a mighty stream, that is.
1. "Let there be a general reformation of manners among you; let religion (God’s judgment ) and righteousness have their due influence upon you; let your land be watered with it, and let it bear down all the opposition of vice and profaneness; let it run wide as overflowing waters, and yet run strong as might stream.’’
2. "In particular, let justice be duly administered by magistrates and rulers; let not the current of it be stopped by partiality and bribery, but let it come freely as waters do, in the natural course; let it be pure as running waters, not muddied with corruption or whatever may pervert justice; let it run like a mighty stream, and not suffer itself to be obstructed, or its course retarded, by the fear of man; let all have free access to it as a common stream, and have benefit by it as trees planted by the rivers of waters.’’
